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InfoWorld: Boon or Bust?

"Occasionally, I hear from readers who fear that the rise of
open-source software will cause the decline of the programming
profession in the United States . The logic goes something like
this: The availability of open source in developing countries will
increase the training of programmers in those countries. These new
programmers, dwelling in nations with a much lower cost of living,
will sell their services to American companies for a fraction of
the cost of an American programmer.

"The net result will be a migration of U.S. programming jobs to
developing countries, while American programmers are forced to take
jobs as toll booth operators and retail sales people. In this way,
these readers contend, open source will destroy the American
programming industry..."